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Shipbuildervessel built by Alexander HALL & Co. (Footdee, Aberdeen)

Date1932

Object NameDREDGER

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 190 3/6' x breadth 30 1/12' x depth 16 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: ton

Object numberABDSHIP001527

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Alexander Hall & Co.
Yard Number: 641
Subsequent Name: PORT OF SPAIN (date unknown)

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Steam
Description: Suction hopper dredger

Owners
1941: James Dredging & Towage Co. Ltd.
date unknown: Nash Dredging & Reclamation Co. (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

Notes: Triple expansion engines with 16", 25" and 42" cylinders, 24" stroke. Boiler 14'6" diameter, 11'6" length, 190 lb. pressure (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)

At the ceremony which followed the launch, Mr D. McIntosh, Managing Director of Halls, said that this was the 15th vessel Hall had built for James Dredging in the past seven years. The value represented by that work was £250,000, of which £100,000 had been spent in Aberdeen in wages and sub-contracts.
Intended for the Southampton extension scheme.